A former Oneida County legislator finally accepted responsibility for a lingering drunk driving charge he spent the past four years trying to evade.

Edward Revere, 47, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Oneida County Court to felony driving while intoxicated in connection to a 2008 arrest that occurred after already being convicted of a prior DWI charge from 2005.

Revere is expected to be sentenced by Judge John Balzano on Tuesday, Jan. 29, to 1 to 3 years in prison, which will run consecutive to Revere’s recent sentence last week of 1 to 3 years for violating his probation.

That means Revere will now spend a total of 2 to 6 years in prison.

He will also be ordered to pay $818 in restitution to Oneida County for the money law enforcement spent tracking him down in Georgia this summer, prosecutors said. As a legislator in the late 1990s, Revere represented parts of New Hartford and nearby towns.